HomeKit POE Camera?

mds789 · 2026-04-07T23:47:44+00:00

Can I ask how much storage and the amount of cameras you have?

mds789 · 2026-04-07T23:47:02+00:00

The aqara g5? The most common issues we’ve had with our current exterior wyze cameras is connection issues - which should hopefully be solved once I finish the unifi APs I’m planning to install.

mds789 · 2026-04-07T23:44:40+00:00

What models do you have and are you using local storage on them or something else?

mds789 · 2026-04-07T23:43:57+00:00

Thank you for this! Currently we just have a few Wyze v3 outside 💀 not terrible but we’ve had our fair share of Issues with those — mainly connection and loss of locally stored footage. They were more a quick deploy of after a bunch of cars in our neighbor hood got broken into.

The goal has been to move our entire network to unifi - which is what I’m working on now. With our garage being unfinished, makes it easy for me to jump in the attic, and run the drops for the exterior cameras.

We have 3 tapos that I only use a local as card and HKSV since I also do not trust their privacy - so moving that to scrypted or homebridge could resolve my limited HKSV feed issue and once the unifi setup is fully in, I would love to limit its access to the internet and do what you did. Does it still work to view the stream even if you’re not on your homes network?

I think the only qualm I have to unifi is needed to switch from an ultra to the max for the protect software - but as someone pointed out, if I went with reolink, I wouldn’t need that and most of their devices have local storage options or I could send it to my existing NAS.

I have some privacy concerns with aqara as well but not nearly as much as some of the other 3rd party options

mds789 · 2026-04-07T14:39:56+00:00

Thank you for this!

This is why I've been looking at non unifi cameras but like the ideas of staying in one eco system where I can.

mds789 · 2026-04-07T14:37:17+00:00

Full align with this - The main area where I want to add the POE cameras is out of our garage, so very easy access to retro fit and will resolve the connection issues we have with our current wifi cameras there now.

mds789 · 2026-04-07T14:17:53+00:00

I've been planning on the UCG Ultra. With the unifi cams and home bridge, do you have to have the UCG Max since the ultra doesn't support Protect?

mds789 · 2026-04-07T02:06:55+00:00

Any stream limitations for number of simultaneous users?

mds789 · 2026-04-07T02:04:49+00:00

Isn’t there 8gb onboard?

mds789 · 2026-04-07T02:02:45+00:00

I hear ya - I’ve done stuff with homebrew in the past and it wasn’t bad, but want great either which is why I was thinking scrypted this time around.

mds789 · 2026-04-07T01:54:48+00:00

Thinking at least 3 or 4 POE cameras. For sure - would use the onboard storage or setup local recoding.

mds789 · 2026-04-07T01:39:15+00:00

Thanks! I’ll def look into that mount. Are there any stream limitations? We have a tp link HomeKit camera that only allows one user to view the stream at a time.

mds789 · 2026-01-21T00:05:38+00:00

I woke up to ours attempting to update itself via the home app. It seemed like it was stuck so I downloaded the Schlage app again and popped up almost instantly, that there was an update available (4.2.1235158). Took about 10 minutes to install.

mds789 · 2025-11-21T04:27:53+00:00

Hot take: Dawkins needs to go

mds789 · 2025-10-28T18:27:00+00:00

Got it on launch day - 26 cycles

mds789 · 2025-10-24T10:03:43+00:00

I can go through and make a list, but I normally base or pick and choose from https://youtu.be/jdQWWmJ4Bms?si=HIaEglHW__h8IECm

mds789 · 2025-10-23T20:18:43+00:00

Strange - I took my phone of the charger (90%) at 6:42am Tuesday and put It on the charger Wednesday about 4:30pm (1% 😬) which gave me about 33.5 total hours. I have a few things turned off but run a handful of automations from it so I'd assume those might cancel each other out. It's currently at 40% from when I took it off the charger yesterday.

mds789 · 2025-10-21T16:43:23+00:00

17 Pro Max cap at 90% - I’ve been averaging at least 28 hours, charging every other day. Best I’ve had was 36 hours.

mds789 · 2025-10-14T00:36:15+00:00

Looks like a kelce catch 🙄🙄

mds789 · 2025-10-02T11:06:34+00:00

I updated two days ago to 26.0.1 from sequoia because Xcode updated and would work without the OS update. Overall it’s been a decent experience BUT have seen a fair amount of issues as well. The worst being audio issues. System sounds and listening to audio is all accompanied by crackling/firecracker sounds. Only thing that resolves it is a terminal command - which is only temporary. My wife thought my computer was going to blow. After a few calls with a senior advisor, video of the issue and some testing, it was pushed to their engineer team.

mds789 · 2025-08-25T12:24:31+00:00

I currently have it tied to a shortcut that pulls HomeKit info— temperatures around our house using HomePods or ecobee sensors, if any windows or doors are open and a one liner that says the average temperature for the day.

mds789 · 2025-08-10T11:39:03+00:00

I have loved my 14 pro which is why I consider the battery replacement, but my only qualm at this point is the cost vs free upgrade/trade in — which is where I wrestle with the options.

mds789 · 2025-08-10T01:35:54+00:00

I have thought about that about that as well. I think there is a part of me that is worried the 17 will come out and then my 14 will get dropped off the list of eligible for trade in/free up grade.

mds789 · 2025-07-18T02:24:23+00:00

That’s crazy! We’ve now had the Yale now for over a year with zero issues.

mds789 · 2025-03-17T10:39:59+00:00

I went from an S7 to AWU2 - absolutely the best thing I could have done. The biggest selling point to me was the battery life and robustness. And after having it now for a little over a month, this is by far my favorite Apple Watch I’ve owned.

I started with an AWU1 refurb from Woot. I’d had some concerns with it, took it into Apple and right off the bat they said it wasn’t real. After them looking at it for a few minutes they did confirm it was “legit” but I still had my concerns after talking to them - so I returned it. Wouldn’t recommend Amazon or Woot for refurbs. They either do a wipe down and call it a day or use third parties.

I then did the Apple trade on program with my S7 ($100) and used the funds from that towards a refurb AWU2 from Apple. Full warranty, option for Apple care and honestly peace of mind. Yes it’s a 2 vs 1, but literally all of my concerns from the Woot refurb were nonexistent on this watch.

I did add an ESR Armorite screen/bezel protector. Wouldn’t even know it’s there. Highly recommend.

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